Rice ball vine

Rice ball vine

(Lu Chuan Ben Cao)

[synonyms] aeolian vine, goushanfeng, black tiger (Lingnan medicine collection record), eighteen diseases (Luchuan materia medica), stinky rice ball, guoshanlongteng (Hainan flora), dafiyuanteng, xueteng, Daye zuangufeng, jichangfeng (Guangxi medicine plant list), feihongnanwuweizi (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual), jiufantuan (rural Chinese herbal medicine preparation technology).

[source] it is the stem and leaf of Magnoliaceae.

Cold rice ball

Evergreen climbing shrub, 3-6M long. Leaves alternate, oblong to ovate lanceolate, 8-17 cm long and 3-6-8 cm wide, apex pointed, base cuneate to obtuse, entire, leathery, subglabrous, 6-7 lateral veins on each side; petiole 1-2 cm long. Flowers red or yellow, reddish, unisexual, monoecious, solitary in leaf axils; male perianth 10-16, outermost smallest, ovate, about 5 mm long, largest oblong to ovate elliptic, 12-25 mm long, stamens 14-48, 2-5 whorls arranged; female perianth similar to male, pistil group ovate to subglobose, carpel 50-80, 5-7 whorls arranged. The aggregate fruit is nearly spherical, 6-10 cm in diameter, red or black purple when ripe. The flowering period is from April to July. The fruit period is from August to December.

It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places.

The root bark or root (rice ball root) of this plant is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] all year round.

[chemical constituents] rattan contains alkaloids, phenols, triterpenoids (or sterols) and volatile oil.

[nature and taste] Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "sour and sweet, slightly warm. "

[functions and indications] ① in "Luchuan Materia Medica": "Jiegu, Sanju, detumescence, detoxification. Treatment of traumatic fracture, rheumatism, bone pain, sores, wound infection. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "Xingqi, Zhitong. Treatment of abdominal pain, traumatic injury. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

Chinese PinYin : Fan Tuan Teng